AUSTRIAN CRISIS

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 9999, 17 June 1918, Page 6

AUSTRIAN CRISIS

SERIOUS RIOTING AT UMBERS

HUGE CROWD LOOTS PROVISION SHOPS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association/ BERNE, June 14. Sorious riots occurred at Lemberg on Saturday. A huge crowd looted the provision shops and military food wagons. The police Tvcre. powerless, and tho military were called out. There, have been an enormous number of arrests. The authorities have asked for 0000 additional soldiers to keep the peace. Tho situation continues serious. ed. General Knoorzer claims that the OTTAWA, June 15. A message from London states that a» gTave crisis has arisen in Austria and that the jieople are demanding peace.

BILUrIE TO CAPTURE REIMS PUBLIC DISAPPOINTED liN GERMANY. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (.Received Juno 16 5.5 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, June 14. German, news indicates public disappointment at the failure to capture Reims. General von Andenno, writing in the "Tageblatt," admits that Reims is impregnable against a frontal attack. He says the city is held by at least two divisions of colonial and coloured troop 3, who find complete protection from artillery fire and gas in champagne cellars. NjRWEfiIAN SHIPS NEARLY 700 SUNK DURING WAR. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received June 16 5.5 p.m.) CHRISTIAN lA, Juno 14. The seamen's organisations held memorial services lor 970 Norwegian sailors killed by submarines and mines. Six hundred and ninety-eight Norwegian ships were sunk during tha war. GREAT.SBIPPING DEAL BY A BRITiiHT"sYNDICATJE. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. : (Received June 16 5.5 p.m.) I I/ONDON, June, 14. Thai "Manchester Guardian" says a t British sydicate, including the firms of Pirrie, Owen and Philipps, is purchase ing the British interests in the International Mercantile Marine Company. It is reported that the price is ±225,000,000, which is much below the present market value of the ship 3 acquired, aggregating 960,000 tons.

ENEMY SCHEME THWARTED BY SINKING OF AUSTRIAN DREADNOUGHT. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Received June 16 5.5 p.m.) RO2IE, June 14. Admiral Bravetta states that when the Szent Istvan was torpedoed, the Austrian squadron intended to reach Cattaro, believing that the Hermans would subsequently dash out with Russian Black Sea ships and junction with the Austrians at Eattaro for an attack on the Allied Mediterranean fleets, while the German High Beas Fleet would risk a. decisive battle in the North Sea. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (.Received Juno 16, 8.5 p.m.) ROME, Juno 14. The "Messagero" learns that one of the Austrian Dreadnoughts sunk with eighty of her orew was the Tegottholt. [ BARRY, THE_SCOLLER NARROWLY ESCAPES DROWNING. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received June 16 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, June 14, E. Barry, the champio-n sculler, had a narrow escape from drowning at Barnes this afternoon. Ho was rerecently wounded and sent to hospital. He was seized with cramp whilo rowing a skiff, which capsized. Fortunately the mishap was observed and a boatman rowed out to save him. INTERVENTIONS THE WAR REVIVAL OF JAPANESE INTEREST. Australian _ and N.Z. Cable Association (Received June 16, 5.5 p.m.) TOKIO, June 14. Count Yamagata's return to Tokio and the reassembling of the High Military Conference has revived publio interest m the question of Japanese intervention in the war. THE COPPER HAUL Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. WASHINGTON, June U. Officials believe that the U-boat which captured the copper cargo ia likely to immediately return to Germany with the copper that she has seized. BULGARIAN ARMY DAILY DESERTIONS OCCUR. CIVILIANS IN~A~BAD PLIGHT. Router's Teloarrntns. (Received June 16, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Juno 15. According to a statement by the Serbian Press Bureau, desortions from the Bulgarian army number from ten to fifteen daily. Tho deserters como to the Sorbian linos in a bedraggled and 6 tarvod appearance. They say the Bulgarian army axe badly fod, but the Bulgarian civilians aro in a still worso plight owing to the Germans denuding thorn of corn and cattlo.